Allison Hwang Climbing Blog: 1st Annual Ramblin Rock Comp

So the final days until my thesis presentation date are closing in and I'm finding that even though I have barely done anything this semester except my thesis [and watching a ton of Taiwanese romantic comedies], I'm don't feel ready to end my research.

Lately, I've been so busy doing research [and watching Taiwanese dramas], I haven't had time to properly update my blog.

Here's a recap of the last two weekends.

March 31st:

Hosted the GT Ramblin Rock Comp. I was super excited to have played a large role in getting the comp ready. But really, it wouldn't have been successful without Jonathan and his route setting friends from Stone Summit; the numerous donations from our sponsors; help from Knobbe and ORGT; GT Climbing Club members; and the participation of all the other climbing clubs that came to compete.

Thanks to our sponsors, we were able to put together a total 36 prizes packages to give out to top placing competitors.

I did get to compete. Jonathan mentioned the Stone Summit setters set a little reachy in the advanced division. "A little" might have been a bit of an understatement, as out of five climbs... 2 of them, I was only able to do the first move. Hahahaha. So sad.

There were only two of us girls in advanced: Francesca and me. Francesca was amazing and I stood not a chance against her. Good thing we are on the same team!

Flailing so bad! I only made about 4 moves into this one. T_T (Photo cred: Georgia McCook)

Francesca killing it. (Photo cred: Georgia McCook)

April 8th:

This was Jonathan and my second trip this entire semester! Every other weekend has been devoted to plastic competition or thesis.

I started the day off pretty strong and manage to put 3 sends down in about an hour:

Mane Event, V4

The Eliminator, V7

Fat Cat, V5

Mane Event and The Eliminator both went in 2 go's. Fat Cat I had a bone to pick with. I tried Fat Cat about this time last year after sending Cleopatra and couldn't muster up the energy to finish the climb. Got it second go this year. Yippee.

I also gave burns on Diesel Power (one I've been avoiding since I first tried it), Redhouse, and Dragon Lady. I know I'm overly stubborn in wanting to do everything the "normal people" way. But I don't care. By the time, we called it quits at Diesel, I had every move dialed. Just not together. Next time for sure!